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Staphylococcus strains are frequently as- sociated with clinical and subclinical bovine intra-mammary infection. The virulence factors of staphylococcus have not been widely studied in Algeria. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of slime production, VanA gene and antiseptic resistance genes in staphylococci strains isolated from bovine mas- titis in Algeria. The study examined 35 Staphy- lococci strains obtained from the inflammatory secretion of mammary glands of cows with mastitis. Slime production was determined by detecting the icaA and icaD genes using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and Congo red agar (CRA) method. The presence of qacAB and qac C antiseptic resistance genes and the VanA resistance gene in these isolates was investigated by PCR. The results of the current study revealed that of the 35 Staphylo- cocci isolates, 42.85% (15/35) and 17.14% (6/35) of the isolates harboured the slime production gene by analysing icaA and icaD genes, respec- tively and 71.42% (25/35) by the CRA method. However, VanA and antiseptic resistance genes (qacAB and qac C) were not detected in any of the isolates. Therefore, the majority of Staphylo- coccus strains were capable of producing slime, and the CRA detection rate was higher than the PCR method for the biofilm-producing capac- ity of Staphylococcus strains. Thus, the presence of the ica genes in Staphylococcus strains con- firms its role as a virulence factor in the patho- genesis of bovine mastitis.

This study was performed to investigate the presence of bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1), bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infections in dromedary camels (Camelus dromaderius) kept in mixed herds with sheep and goats in Algeria, since the prevalence of BHV-1, BVDV, and BLV infections among dromedary camels in Algeria is unknown. Totally, 111 camel sera were collected from two provinces (Laghouat and Ghardaia) in Algeria. The sera were analyzed for BHV-1 specific antibodies, BVDV specific antibodies and BVDV antigen using the ELISA, and BLV nucleic acid using PCR. The seropositivity rate was 9.0% for BVDV-specific antibody, although 41.4% of camels tested were positive for BVDV antigen. Moreover, there was no evidence of BHV-1 and BLV infections. The results indicated that camels might represent an important source for BVDV infection in all ruminants, including cattle, sheep, and goats bred in mixed herds in Algeria, since they had a higher BVDV prevalence rates. Therefore, the prevention and control measures for BVDV infection should put in place in camel populations to limit the spread of BVDV infection to ruminant populations in Algeria.

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In this study, coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS) (n = 70) isolated from subclinical sheep mastitis were screened for minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) to antimicrobials used commonly in veterinary field in Turkey. In addition, plasmid profiling and biofilm production of CoNS isolates was investigated. All isolates were found to be susceptible to amoxycillin-clavulanic acid, cephalothin, gentamicin, enrofloxacin and oxacillin. The highest resistance was observed in 42.9% (n = 30) of the isolates against the beta-lactam antibiotics, penicillin and ampicillin. All beta-lactam resistant isolates produced beta-lactamase and carried blaZ. Tetracycline resistance was observed in 11.4% (n = 8) of the isolates, either alone or in combination with beta-lactams and macrolides. Of the tetracycline resistant 8 isolates, 5 carried the tetK gene, one carried the tetM and 2 isolates carried both genes together. Erythromycin resistance was observed in 5.7% of the isolates; msrA was detected alone (one isolate) or in combination with mphC (one isolate) and ermC (one isolate). ermA was observed only in one isolate. Most of the strains showed only a single plasmid band in size of 19.3 kb, but some had 2 to 3 plasmids ranging from >19.3 kb to 0.9 kb. Out of 70 CoNS isolates, 28 (40%) were identified as biofilm producer by Congo red agar (CRA) method, and 30 (42.9%) were positive for both icaA and icaD genes, which are known to be responsible for biofilm formation in CoNS. ÖzetBu çalışmada, subklinik koyun mastitislerinden izole edilen koagulaz negatif stafilokokların (KNS) (n = 70) veteriner hekimlik alanında yaygın olarak kullanılan antimikrobiyallere minimal inhibitor konsantrasyonları (MİK), plazmid profilleri ve biyofilm üretimi araştırıldı. Tüm izolatlar amoksisilin-klavulanik asid, cefalotin, gentamisin, enrofloksasin ve oksasiline duyarlı bulundu. En yüksek direnç izolatların %42.9'unda (n = 30) beta-laktam antibiyotiklere (penisilin ve ampisilin) karşı gözlendi. Beta-laktam antibiyotiklere dirençli izolatların tamamı beta-laktamaz sentezlediği ve blaZ genini taşıdığı belirlendi. Tetrasiklin direnci tek veya beta-laktam antibiyotikler ve makrolidlerle kombine olarak izolatların %11.4'ünde (n = 8) gözlendi. Tetrasiklin dirençli izolatların 5'inde tetK, birinde tetM ve ikisinde de her iki geni birlikte bulundu. Eritromisin direnci izolatların %5.7'sinde (n = 4) bulundu. msrA, mphC, ermA birer izolatta, ermC ise msrA geni ile kombine olarak bir izolatta tespit edildi. İzolatların büyük kısmı 19.3 kb büyüklüğünde tek plasmid gösterirken, bazı izolatlar büyüklüğü >19.3 kb ile 0.9 kb arasında değişen 2-3 plazmid taşıdığı belirlendi. Yetmiş KNS izolatından 28'i (%40) Kongo Red Agar (KRA) metodu ile biyofilm sentezi ve 30'unun da (%42.9) biyofilm sentezinden sorumlu olan icaA ve icaD genleri yönünden pozitif olduğu saptandı.